Re: [Paraview] [EXT] Re: How to find the nearest quad element?

2015-09-08 Thread Dennis Conklin
All, So I have taken a shot at this and have a few questions. I have multiple blocks of quads and I need to find the nearest quad for every hex in the model (also multiple blocks). The purpose of this is to assign the Normal to the nearest quad to each hex My approach was: 1. Create 2

Re: [Paraview] [EXT] Re: How to find the nearest quad element?

2015-08-25 Thread Marco Nawijn
Hi Dennis, That timeframe is ok for me. Marco On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Dennis Conklin wrote: > Marco, > > > > I am actually tied up for the next week or so, so if you can post a sample > in that timeframe that would be perfect. > > > > Thanks very much > > > > Dennis > > > > *From:* M

Re: [Paraview] [EXT] Re: How to find the nearest quad element?

2015-08-25 Thread Dennis Conklin
Marco, I am actually tied up for the next week or so, so if you can post a sample in that timeframe that would be perfect. Thanks very much Dennis From: Marco Nawijn [mailto:naw...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 11:21 AM To: Dennis Conklin Cc: Paraview (paraview@paraview.org) Subjec

Re: [Paraview] [EXT] Re: How to find the nearest quad element?

2015-08-25 Thread Marco Nawijn
Hi Dennis, You might also be interested in the vtkCellCenters filter. As the name suggests, it will generate the centers of the cells for you. If you are not in a big rush, I can build you a small self contained sample in Python that demonstrates the filter and the use of the point locator. I am a

Re: [Paraview] [EXT] Re: How to find the nearest quad element?

2015-08-25 Thread Dennis Conklin
Marco, Thanks for that tip – I’m not very familiar with vtk and I’ve never heard of that class but it seems appropriate so I will try to dig into it. Thanks again Dennis From: Marco Nawijn [mailto:naw...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 10:28 AM To: Dennis Conklin Cc: Paraview (paravie